Key: Eb
Introduction: Eb((11))
Eb((11))
Once your girl, I'm always your girl
Eb((11))
When I&rsquo m here or when I&rsquo m there
Eb((11))
Or on a plane headed somewhere
Eb((11))
You were staring down the cars, hoping it would be one of ours
Ab
Children and grandchildren writing you cards
Gm Fm9
But how long were you waiting for me
Bb7 Eb((11))
To make a left down your street?
Eb Eb/D
It&rsquo s not if, darling, it&rsquo s when
Cm9
Was there something left unsaid?
F/C
Were your eyes green, were they blue?
Bb7 F/C
What was it that I forgot to ask you?
Eb Eb/D
Busy hands, I&rsquo ll set &lsquo em down
Cm9
To say I love you right out loud
F/C
I&rsquo ll bet you&rsquo rе making heaven laugh
Bb7(4) Bb7 Bb72 Bb7 F/C Eb((11))
But it feels like tеars and memories are all we have
Eb((11))
Once I knew it, I was always a know-it-all
Eb((11))
Too busy, too stressed out to take your call
Eb((11))
Thought I would always find you there, sitting in your TV chair
Ab
While time is in a bar having a laugh somewhere
Gm Fm9
The nurse said you were waiting for me
Bb7 Eb((11))
To let go, to let it be
Eb Eb/D
It&rsquo s not if, darling, it&rsquo s when
Cm9
Was there something left unsaid?
F/C
Were your eyes green, were they blue?
Bb7 F/C
What was it that I forgot to ask you?
Eb
Busy hands, I&rsquo ll set &lsquo em down
Cm9
To say I love you here and now
F/C
Did God need a new lead in his band?
Bb7(4) Bb7 Bb72 Bb7 F/C Eb((11))
When this world and its people are all we have
Eb((11))
Once your girl, I&rsquo m always your girl
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